Watch Sharon Van Etten cover Nine Inch Nails’ ‘Hurt’

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Sharon Van Etten has shared a cover of the Nine Inch Nails track ‘Hurt’, recorded for the music mental health organisation Sounds of Saving.The performance is part of Sounds of Saving’s ‘Song that Found Me at the Right Time’ concert series, produced in partnership with Lifeline.

Before she begins playing, Van Etten explains her connection to ‘Hurt’ and how she’s still learning to not shy away from her emotions. “I was the cliché middle child and always felt misunderstood, and then the oldest brother was the one that I connected to the most with music.

When I was learning to play guitar, he gave me a box of cassettes,” she said.“By the time ‘Hurt’ came on, I just remember connecting to it so much but also realising that my brother had.